Band for shingle-bunches



(No Model.)

' H. W. CAREY.

n BANDTQR SHINGLE BUNCHES. NG. 288,386. Patented Oct. Q, 1883.

u XMAS ami VVK l i M UNITED S'rnrnsj a'rsn'r HENRY XV. CAR-EY, OF lHAUNIS'IEE, MICHIGAN.

BAND FOR SHlNGLE-BUNCHES.

srnorrrcn'rron forming part of, Letters Patent No. 286,586, dated Cctober 9, 1883.

Application filed June 11,1883. (No model) fb all whom t may concern.-

Be it known .that I, HENRY W. CAREY, of Manistee, in the county of Manistee and State of llliehigan, havel invented a new and useful Improvement in Shingle-Bands; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description ot the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.A

My invention relates to an improvement in shinglebands.

The object of the invention vis to produce a band of increased strength with an economy in the use of. material and in the amount of time usuallyeonsumed in fastening such band to the strips of wood ordinarily employed in binding shingles. This I accomplish by the use of a flat stripof metal bent near each end at a right angle in parallel directions, and provided with two slots cut in the edges of each of said bent portions at points diainet-rically opposite, an d through which slots pass staples, by which the band thus constructed is secured to the wooden strips hereinbefore referred to.`

For the better understanding ot' the inveny Vtion referenee'will be made to the accompany-l ing sheet ot' drawings, in which Figure I represents a bundle ol' shingles held together by my improved band, and Fig. 2 a view in detail of said band.

Like letters refer to corresponding parts in both views.

In the drawings, A represents the shingles, which are' arranged with respect to one another in theordinary way, and B, one ofthe wooden strips ordinarily employed in binding said shingles. These wooden strips B are of any desired form, and occupy a position about the center of the bundle. There is one upon each side of the. bundle, and they are of sufficient length to extend a short distance beyond each end of the saine.

C represents my improved band. (Shown `clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings.) As there Shown, Anear each end at rioht angles,

it consists of a dat metal strip bent and provided uponl the edges of sueh bent portions with suitable slots, a u, through which the ends of staplesD are passed. These slots may be of any desired or suitable form. After the staples D have been inserted into the slots a, their pointed ends are driven into the wooden strips B, around the ends of which the strips C are bent, as shown.

TheV advantages I assert for my band over those now in use ared First, that by providing said strips with the slots arranged diametrically opposite one another but a small portion of the band is required to be bent around the wooden strips,

and thus a saving of material is accomplished. I have found that at least iifteeuper cent. of material is saved.

Second, by substituting these slots for the nail-holes ordinarily formed inthe ends of the bands a stronger band is seeured.

rFhird, by the substitution of the-staples for nails the bands are more easily secured around the bundle, and much time saved.

Having thus described my invention, what I elaim as new therein, and for which I desire to secure Letters Patent, is

I. An improved shingle-band, consisting ot' a flat metal strip bent at eaeh end, and pro,

vided upon the edges of said bent portions Vwith suitable slots, substantially as and for 

